- African Americans, Biography, Civil rights, Comedians
Gregory told his story in an extremely honest way. It starts off almost in a reflective state, with him speaking to his mother in his own way. He moves on to talk about his childhood, which was unpleasant to say the least.
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Classical in form, character-led, earnest and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Dick Gregory
- First published
- 1965
- Pages
- 210
- Publisher
- Pocket, Buccaneer Books, Pocket Books
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780671803421
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